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ASCAP Announces Winners of Annual Young Jazz Composer Awards

Recipients of the 2005/2006 ASCAP Foundation Young Jazz Composer Awards were named on February 1, 2006. The ASCAP Foundation, which supports American music creators, established this award in 2002 for gifted young composers in the United States to encourage their future development.

Winners ranged from ages 13 to 30 and received a cash award as well as recognition at the ASCAP Jazz Wall event in New York on June 21, 2006. The youngest winners included Matt Savage, 13, of New Hampshire, Ted Taforo, 16, of California, and Jay Rattman, 18, of Pennsylvania. There were a total of 23 winners, and 9 honorable mentions. John Fedchock, Jay Leonhart, and Rufus Reid judged the competition. A complete list of the winners appears below.

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